---
title: "Accessibility Checker Rule Help: RPT_Headers_FewWords"
---
import "../../../styles/ToolHelp.scss"
import { CodeSnippet, Tag } from "carbon-components-react";

<div className="toolHelp">
<Row>
<Column colLg={16} colMd={8} colSm={4} className="toolHead">

### Verify that the heading element is a genuine heading

<div id="locLevel"></div>

Heading elements must not be used for presentation

</Column>
</Row>
<Row>
<Column colLg={11} colMd={5} colSm={4} className="toolMain">

### Why is this important?

Some assistive technologies use the marked-up headings (`<h1>` .. `<h6>`) to create an outline of a page, allowing users to get an overview and jump quickly to any heading. When HTML heading elements are used for text that is not a heading, this results in an incorrect outline structure which might disorient users.

<div id="locSnippet"></div>

### What to do

 * Verify that this element with long text content is genuinely a heading;
 * OR, if this is not a heading, do not use a heading element (`<h1>` .. `<h6>`).

</Column>
<Column colLg={5} colMd={3} colSm={4} className="toolLeft">

### About this requirement

[IBM 1.3.1 Info and Relationships](http://www.ibm.com/able/guidelines/ci162/info_and_relationships.html)
[WCAG 2.1 failure technique F43](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/failures/F43)

### Who does this affect?

 * Blind people using a screen reader
 * People using text only, monochrome or braille displays
 * People using text-based browsers (e.g., Lynx) or audio interfaces
 * People with cognitive differences who view interfaces using an adapted layout

</Column>
</Row>
</div>

export default ({ children, _frontmatter }) => (<React.Fragment>{children}</React.Fragment>)
